Religion and Relationality in Punk

Musicking and Ordinary Ethics

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ID5835683
AuthorsI Abraham (0000-0003-1448-7449, Federation University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume36
Issue1
Pages1-14
Publication date2022-01-06
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion and Popular Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1703-289X • E-ISSN: 1703-289X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3138/jrpc.2020-0060
OpenAlexW4205917023
LanguageEN
References cited28

Engaging with Christopher Small's notion of musicking and Veena Das and Michael Lambek's notion of ordinary ethics, this article analyzes research on religion in punk from religion studies, sociology, and theology to offer a (self) critique of the representation of religious belief and relationships in punk. Focusing on the presence of evangelical Christianity in contemporary punk, and emphasizing relationships as central to the activity of musicking, this article draws attention to exclusions and essentializations in research in this field. Focusing on the ordinary ethics enacted through punk musicking, rather than the normative ethics located in sometimes polemical punk statements and scholarship, it is argued that a more accurate understanding of the place of religion in punk becomes apparent by focusing on quotidian relational practices

Punk · American Political and Social Dynamics · Music History and Culture · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies

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